Hello dayvirus
I am a 50 year old mom of 3 sons and wife to great hubby. In 2003 I left my job with a podiatrist so I could take care of my maternal grampa in my home so he wouldn't have to go into a nursing home. When he passed, I then took care of my paternal gramma in my home until she passed for the same reason. Both were mentally and physically draining on me being sole caregiver 24/7 as well as still raising young kids (3 years total time wise between the 2) so when my gramma passed I wasn't ready to go back into a workforce around people yet, I was just so emotionally stressed.
After gramma passed my parents tore down her old house and built their own new place on the old spot. The workers had left a large pile of scrap from the old house in the back yard. Dad told me to run it up to the yard for money. I'm like, ''What yard? WHAT are you talking about??'' I had never before heard of ''scrap for cash'' before believe it or not.
So, I took my first load up not knowing WTH I was doing because dad told me to lol. I had steel, AL, copper and wire all tossed in my truck willy nilly. I get to the yard and the one guy comes out and tells me ''this copper pipe is #2 because it has brass on it. I'm like ''Ummm...okayyyyy...'', I thought it was *just* a pipe.'' Lol, good thing he was nice enough to help me separate when I told him I don't even know what I'm doing dad made me do this!
When they handed me my money afterwards, I stood there with it in my open palm bewildered and said to myself ''they just gave me money for junk, I could do this!''
So, after finishing cleaning up gramma's stuff a true blood competitive scrapper was born. I researched ''scrap metal'' and joined this forum as well and learned so much from here.
I decided this was the perfect job for me- I'm my own boss, work as many hours as I want (which is almost 24/7 lol) and its something that fulfills the competitive side of me as well as the perfectionist side of me as well as the (best part IMO) sledge hammer break down/get dirty as heck part of me. I love being outside, love tools, love being in charge of my own destiny and appreciate what scrapping does for the earth, the community and myself and family.
For me, burning a pair of jeans in the fire when they are no longer wearable = job well done and satisfied to the hilt!!!!
I've going on my 5th year
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